BUSINESS & FINANCIAL PERFORMANCE-TESCO

Business & Financial Performance-Tesco

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ACKNOWLEDGEMENT

I would take this opening to thank my study supervisor, family and friends for their support and guidance without which this study would not have been possible.

DECLARATION

I, [….], declare that the contents of this dissertation/thesis represent my own unaided work, and that the dissertation/thesis has not before been submitted for learned written test towards any qualification. Furthermore, it represents my own opinions and not necessarily those of the University.

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TABLE OF CONTENTS

SKILL & LEARNING STATEMENT3

PART I: TASK OBJECTIVES AND OVERALL STUDY APPROACH7

Tesco Background7

Brief data & Aims and Objectives7

Industry Activities8

PART II: INFORMATION GATHERING11

PART III: RESULTS, ANALYSIS, CONCLUSIONS AND RECOMMENDATIONS17

Financial Analysis-Ratios17

BUSINESS ANALYSIS22

Corporate Culture22

Risk Assessment and Management24

SWOT-Chart25

Product29

Price30

Promotion30

Public relations31

Place32

People33

Process33

Physical evidence34

CONCLUSION34

Tesco Today35

The Future of Tesco36

Recommendations/Limitations37

REFERENCES40

SKILL & LEARNING STATEMENT

I accept as true discovering is an integral part of life. Learning is necessary to do any thing and is what makes us human. Learning can be both developmental and challenging and something I personally enjoy.

My conclusion to come back to further learning has been fuelled by my yearn to learn. Learning to me, is an important step at this time in my life as I am looking for a new challenge and feel it lies in education. This would give me the opportunity to revisit some of the skills I developed in my secondary education and expand them in a university environment.

Research skills and awareness

exhibit information of improvement and expansion in their field

demonstrate information of research in associated areas and disciplines

comprehend and effectively employ befitting study methodologies

critically investigate and synthesize new and complex data from diverse sources

formulate and request solutions to study problems and competently interpret study results

exercise critical judgment and conceiving to conceive new ways of understanding

formulate and apply solutions to research problems and effectively interpret research results

demonstrate, where appropriate, a information of wellbeing and security procedures and their submission in the research environment

have a very wide awareness and information of key applicable funding causes and allocate submission procedures

appreciate rudimentary values of project and time management

Ethics and social understanding

understand, and request in their study, values of ethical conduct of research, encompassing avoidance of plagiarism, share of borrowing and authorship and definitions of study misconduct

understand the relevance of research in humanity and the potential impact of study on persons, groups and society

where applicable, realize and request the relevant guidelines for the ethical perform of study engaging people, human tissue and animals

Communication skills

demonstrate effective writing and announcing skills

effectively use and conclude on befitting forms and grades of communication

communicate and explain study to varied assemblies, encompassing both specialist and non-specialist

teach and support the discovering of undergraduate scholars when involved in educating and demonstrating

Personal effectiveness/development

operate in an unaligned and self-directed kind, showing start to complete apparently characterized goals

appreciate key rhetorical abilities, including how to convince other ones of a viewpoint's deserves, illustrating and broadcasting credible proposals to achieve one's aims

appreciate the significance of initiating new tasks, proactively answering to freshly recognized desires or aiming to determination persistent problems

ability to handle adversities in study or other ...